Today you may find yourself providing emotional support to your family. By offering your comforting presence, you give them a gift of your encouragement as they go through their challenges. Sometimes the families we were born into are not able to offer or accept this kind of support, so we may have created our own families from those people who have walked with us through life. When you give emotional support, you are always giving a gift. Though todayís society puts great emphasis on being self-supporting individuals, we as humans do better in communities where everyone has something of value to offer and we all take care of each other. Today you are contributing to the maintenance of a society that values others and seeks to nurture and support each personís well-being.

When we give to others what we would want in the same situation, in a way, we are nurturing ourselves. Each person we encounter is a mirror, and therefore caring for others is a way of caring for ourselves. Even though we may not realize it at the time, we are contributing to an energetic bank account that will be there for us when we are in need. It may not be the same people, but we will have people to help and comfort us the way we have helped others. Today because you have been obliging rather than feeling obligated, you will reap the rewards of the care that you give.